2018 American Transplant Congress
Molecular Profiling of the Injury-Repair Response in Early Subclinical Inflammation
UAB School of Medicine, Birmingham.
Purpose: Surveillance biopsies can detect subclinical T-cell mediated rejection (SC-TCMR) or subclinical borderline rejection (SC-B-TCMR) in kidney transplants with normal/stable creatinine. Some consider SC-B-TCMR to…2018 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept Maintenance Immunosuppression Use and Outcomes in the Real-World Clinical Setting Using OPTN/UNOS Kidney Transplant Registry
1Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; 2CTI Consulting, Raleigh, NC.
Introduction:Belatacept (BEL) was FDA approved for Kidney Transplantation (KTx) June 2011. It has largely been evaluated in two controlled trials (N Engl J Med 2016;374:333-43).…2018 American Transplant Congress
Evolving Etiologies for Readmissions and Their Impact on Graft Survival in Kidney Transplantation
Background: Although readmissions after kidney transplant are a well-known risk factor for graft loss, it is unclear if certain etiologies are associated with poorer outcomes…2018 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Allocation with CMV Seromatching Reduces CMV Infection without Affecting Wait Times
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in kidney transplant recipients.A pre-transplant allocation strategy by matching deceased kidney donors and recipients…2018 American Transplant Congress
Clinical and Pathological Findings in Hepatitis C Positive Renal Transplant Recipients Following Alemtuzumab Induction
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore.
BackgroundHistorically, renal transplant recipients (RTRs) with chronic hepatitis C (HCV) have worse long-term outcomes. Induction with alemtuzumab (ALM) in HCV positive RTRs has been postulated…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pre-Transplant Dialysis on ESRD-Free and Patient Survival in Heart Transplant Alone and in Simultaneous Heart/Kidney Transplant Recipients: UNOS Data Analysis
Medicine, Loyola University, Maywood, IL.
It is well known that chronic kidney disease has significant negative impact on post-transplant survival in heart transplant (HTx) recipients. Here we wanted to evaluate…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Nomogram-Based Approach for Defining the Effect of Transplantation on Cancer Recurrence Risk
1U of Cincinnati, Cincinnati; 2Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland.
The effect of transplantation on renal cell cancer (RCC) recurrence risk has not yet been precisely defined. Validated nomograms for predicting RCC recurrence risk (viz,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Effects of IdeS on HLA-SAB, C1q-SAB and CDC-XM
IgG degrading enzyme of Streptococcus pyogenes (IdeS) cleaves human IgG in two steps, first cleaving one of the heavy chains resulting in a single-cleaved IgG…2018 American Transplant Congress
Use of Surgically Placed Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block Catheter with Local Anesthetic Infusion in Renal Transplantation
BackgroundRenal transplant recipients have limitations in pain management, given the nephrotoxicity of NSAIDS and contraindications to regional neuroaxial techniques. Although opioids are widely used post-transplant,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Parsing the 100% CPRA Kidney Transplant Candidates, Who Gets Transplanted?
Medicine, Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola, FL.
Currently the United States kidney allocation system gives priority to candidates with a CPRA of 100% by giving them additional allocation points and providing national…
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